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  • Venezuelan officers allegedly spied for US

    01/26/2006 7:13:46 PM PST · by Tyche · 21 replies · 465+ views
    AFP ^ | Jan 27, 2006 | AFP
    CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) - Venezuela's government is investigating members of the armed forces for allegedly passing on state secrets to the US military, officials said yesterday. The probe comes as state-run media reports claimed the US embassy in Caracas was also involved in the affair. "Some low-level officials were sending information to the Pentagon," Vice President Jose Vicente Rangel told the Ultimas Noticias daily. El Universal newspaper quoted Rangel as saying the suspects transmitted "state secrets". The vice-president said the suspects included both active and retired members of the Venezuelan navy. Media reports said some of the officials involved had...